Optimizing its performance. — If you ask a business owner or anyone in a management role, the most challenging task is probably people management. How do you balance optimizing work output against employee morale? Even those not in the business of managing people have one critical managerial task–managing the mind. The mind is like…

Why it hinders our search for happiness. — Life is like a long road trip with several stops. Life provides the ‘car’ for the journey, and we get into a new one periodically. Those cars have different labels — success, failure, disappointment, satisfaction, profit, loss, good and bad relationships. Life won’t allow us to see which one we…

The crystal ball of logic and intuition. — Some people seem to get it just right; their foresight and decision-making abilities allow them to get ahead of the pack. Making the right decisions at the right time and place is crucial for everyone. Life builds on itself one moment at a time. In each moment, there is a…

My fingers squeezed the worn leather grip as if I was holding onto a branch at the edge of a cliff. My muscles tightened and refused to dip into ‘muscle memory’ as fear swept through each fiber. My feet refused to move, and my toes felt like they had turned…

The experience of stress is not necessarily a bad thing. It is a byproduct of modern life and reflects that you have a purpose or goal you are working towards and seek life’s ultimate prize — happiness. However, when stress as the byproduct of our existence becomes the main export…

Time won’t allow second chances — Only 300 people have circumnavigated the world in a sailboat powered only by the wind and their determination. An experienced sailor would tell you that you cannot fight the wind or the ocean; you are at the mercy of the elements when you play with the big waves and sail…

About surmounting life’s challenges. — As the wind sheds its wintry bitterness, nature replaces its frosty white coat with a parsley green one scented with a fresh and light fragrance. A seed emerges somewhere among the closely slatted castles of hollow stems and floats with the wind. Warmed by the sun, looking for a place…

It’s time to dust off the ‘C’ word — Compromise — In war, there may be victors and vanquished. Both ultimately lose, paying a heavy price, blood and treasure. In the Art of War, Sun Tzu says that an army marching abroad empties the treasury at home. When there is peace, everyone wins. But history teaches us that peace does not…

Unlocking the Mind’s Dormant Potential In his autobiography, Nikola Tesla, the great Serbian American inventor, writes about his struggles with a vacillating mind during childhood. While his “[desires] were of a consuming force and multiplied, like the heads of a hydra,” his willpower was weak. Through practicing self-control, “gradually desire…